Single-player games like Downware
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Downware, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
- 1
Test Of Courage
Single-player alternative to Downware — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Downware.
Test of Courage is a horror game where you have to explore an abandoned school in search of your two friends. The only hint you have is the "Courage Test" in which you have to find 10 objects around the academy while maintaining your sanity.
- 2
Stuff to do
Single-player alternative to Downware — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Downware.
A puzzle horror game inspired by the works of David Lynch and Harlan Ellison. Three developers disappeared inside their own game. Now you are stuck in it as well. Find them and discover what happened. Do stuff. Check your pulse. Escape the rabbit hole.
- 3
Station 17
Single-player alternative to Downware — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Downware.
Venture into the echoing halls of Station 17. But Beware, not is all as it seems. Explore the depths, survive what lies within, and keep your eyes open in this horror puzzler.
- 4
Liminal Department
Single-player alternative to Downware — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Downware.
Trapped in what seems to be an endless hospital department. Carefully observe your surroundings in each loop to escape the Liminal Department
- 5
FINIS ACTUS
Single-player alternative to Downware — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Downware.
1891 London. In the mansion of a famous illusionist, the connection between reality and madness is severed. Many who trusted their intellect have been lost in these corridors. Before the curtain falls, will you see beyond the illusion, or will you become part of this tragedy?
- 6
Graveyard Cabin
Single-player alternative to Downware — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Downware.
An FMV anomaly horror game. You are a night guard at a desolate graveyard. Monitor the cameras, spot the unnatural, and survive.
- 7
The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication
Single-player alternative to Downware — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Downware.
Try to escape with your life in a first-person survival horror adventure. Play through the eyes of four distinct characters as you evade and confront terrifying ghosts, unravel mind-bending puzzles, and unearth a sinister conspiracy…
- 8
I'm on Observation Duty 3
Single-player alternative to Downware — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Downware.
A thrilling psychological horror game. Your job is to look for anomalies in a haunted house. If you see anyhting suspicious (furniture moving, extra objects, intruders), take a photo and send a report. Includes both VR- (windows only) and non-VR (windows, mac, linux)-versions.
- 9
Steel Graves
Single-player alternative to Downware — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Downware.
A nervous Action / Strategy / Building game in multiplayer that oppose humans against aliens in huge battlefields. Build your base anywhere, upgrade your equipment, recruit hundreds of IA soldiers, and take part in the greatest intergalactic war.
- 10
Over Islands
Single-player alternative to Downware — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Downware.
Travel from island to island, build a thriving flying city, battle air pirates aboard your zeppelin, and make important decisions as you dive into ancient temples to defeat the children of the goddess and slay their demonic armies.